Motor Bike Expo ( MBE ) Verona , IT • Jan 24-26 www . motorbikeexpo . it

MP Motorcycle Show Helsinki , FI • Jan 31-Feb 2 mp . messukeskus . com

Motorcycle & Powersports Show Calgary , CN • Jan 31-Feb 2 www . motocanada . com

Colorado Motorcycle Expo Denver , CO , US • Feb 1-2 coloradomotorcycleexpo . com

Garage Brewed Cincinnati , OH , US • Feb 1 www . garagebrewed . com

AIMExpo Las Vegas , NV , US • Feb 5-7 www . aimexpousa . com

Chopper Fest Ventura , CA , US • Feb 9 www . chopperfestival . com

Motorcycle & Powersports Show Toronto , CN • Feb 14-16 www . motocanada . com

Motorbeurs Utrecht , NL • Feb 20-23 www . motorbeursutrecht . nl

Mama Tried Milwaukee , WI , US • Feb 22-23 www . mamatriedshow . com

Motorräder Dortmund Dortmund , DE • Feb 27-Mar 2 www . zweiradmessen . de

Moto Festival Bern , CH • Feb 27-Mar2 www . motofestival . ch

Motorcycle & Powersports Show Montreal , CN • Feb 28-Mar 2 www . motocanada . com

Daytona Bike Week ( 83 ) Florida , US • Feb 28-Mar 9 www . officialbikeweek . com

Motosalon Prague , AT • Mar 6-9 www . bvv . cz / motosalon

Customs of Slovakia - Motocykel Bratislava , SK • Mar 7-10 www . incheba . sk

The Prowl Bizbee , AZ , US • Mar 15

Tokyo Motorcycle Show ( 52nd ) Tokyo , JP • Mar 28-30

Donnie Smith Invitation Bike Show ( 36th ) St . Paul , MN , US • Mar 29-30 www . donniesmithbikeshow . com

Kickback Custom , Classic & Stuntbike Show Malvern , GB • April 13-14 www . kickbackshow . com

Arizona Bike Week ( 28th ) Scottsdale , AZ , US • Apr 2-6 www . azbikeweek . com

Biltwell 100 Desert Race Ridgecrest , CA , US • Apr 5-6 www . biltwell100 . com

This report was prepared by Tim Hailey .

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The NHRA has confirmed a second season Top Fuel Motorcycle Drag Racing , sponsored again by Pingel Enterprises . It will again be staged on four NHRA race weekends at Chicago , Richmond , Brainerd and NHRA ' s second visit of its season Charlotte . Larry " Spiderman " McBride won the championship , but will he do so again in 2025 ? He says he expects to see an even tougher competition this time , as the series closes in on its eight-bike target …

Wayne and Donna Pingel with Larry ' Spiderman ' McBride

Dates / venues subject to change or cancellation . (*) Some dates provisional . " Check before you buy "

In the world of Pingel Top Fuel Motorcycle ( TFM ) drag racing , there are the Brothers McBride ( rider Larry " Spiderman " and his mastermind crew chief / brother Steve ), and there is everyone else . Amazingly , it ' s been that way for over 25 years . That ' s how long ago it was that Larry rode the first ever 5 second motorcycle quarter mile pass at Houston . And other than the occasional step back to take five steps forward , it ' s been pretty much all-McBrides ever since . Their formula for all these years has been to bring a trailer full of nitro motors and break whatever it takes to shoot for records . " If you ' re going to race me ," Larry once said about a team that wasn ' t so aggressive in their approach , " you ' re gonna have to work on your motorcycle !" But 2024 was a new deal , the first year of racing for an NHRA championship in a Pingel sponsored series . And after blowing off the tire and giving up the first round of eliminations in the first-ever NHRA Pingel Top Fuel Motorcycle season to Elmeri Salakari at Route 66 Raceway , the seriousness of their situation and determination to claim this first NHRA championship ( with only three races left out of four )

Elmeri Salakari

must have become apparent to the McBrides . From then on , the McBrides ran their Pingel-sponsored machine like the world ' s baddest nitro bracket bike , maintaining a clear advantage while clicking off 4.80s to the 1000 foot seemingly at will to sweep the rest of the season . And guess what - they were racing entire weekends on one motor . The planned obsolescence and aluminum shattering hunt for ultimate performance was put on the shelf - for now , at least . McBride swept the rest of the series and took that welldeserved

first NHRA championship . " We just got back to what we knew worked and just left it alone and let it run the number . The 1000 foot has definitely let our motors last , for sure ," said Larry , who is expecting more of a dogfight when the class returns in 2025 . " Everybody started picking up . Mitch ( Brown ) and Bobby ( Malloy ) picked up drastically in the last race and I think you ' ll see them pick up a lot more the second year . It ' s gonna be a lot closer , I ' ll tell you that ." McBride will also tell you how much that Donna and Wayne Pingel and

Pingel NHRA Top Fuel Motorcycle Schedule May 15-18 / Route 66 Raceway / Route 66 NHRA Nationals June 20-22 / Virginia Motorsports Park / Virginia NHRA Nationals August 14-17 / Brainerd International Raceway / Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals September 19-21 / zMax Dragway / NHRA 4-Wide Carolina Nationals

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